Tom: Here here!!! I couldn't have said it better. John Charles Tippet JohnDoeTippet@csi.com ---------- > From: Tom Robison <tcrobi@adamswells.com> > To: BEHYMER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Loose Ends & evidence > Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 9:52 PM > > Regarding facts, evidence, etc: > > I've always been of the opinion that you can put anything in your data you > want, as long as you characterize it properly, i.e., if you have > circumstantial evidence of an event, state that it is circumstantial but > offer as much supportive evidence as you can. Use statements such as "Most > records claim John was born in Timbuktu, but one record [citation here] > states he was found in a cabbage patch". Or say "We think John was found in > a cabbage patch, but we have only one source for this data, which has not > been confirmed". > > I see no reason to exclude suppositions, even W.A. guesses, from your data, > as long as it is clear to the reader 100 years from now that these ARE > suppositions and guesses. > > Genealogists should never assume anything, but you have to assume that > someone in the future is going to read your data. Don't deny the future > genealogist the benefit of your intuition. If you have a "gut" feeling > about something, record it! 100 years from now your W.A. guesses may be all > the reader has to go on. > > Just my $0.02, and now, once again, I'm broke. > > Tom > > Tom Robison > Ossian, Indiana > tcrobi@adamswells.com > > "Those who will not learn from the past > are condemned to relive it." > George Santayana > > > > > > ==== BEHYMER Mailing List ==== > Related website: Behymer Genealogy Group > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3927/ > Thanks, Jen! >